"In Stranger Gods Roger Clark offers a study of Salman Rushdie's seven published novels, with a special focus on his earliest, Grimus, and his most powerful and provocative, Midnight's Children, Shame, and The Satanic Verses. Clark shows how Rushdie employs cosmology, mythology, and mysticism to structure otherworldly dramas that are fascinating in their own right, as well as crucial to the more worldly points Rushdie makes about literary tradition, history, ethnicity, and the politics of religion."--Jacket.Weiterlesen…

A jungle of books --
When worlds collide --
Grimus: worlds upon worlds --
Midnight's children: the road from Kashmir --
Shame: an other world strikes back --
The Satanic verses: dreamscapes of a green-eyed monster --
Post-verses.

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Roger Y. Clark.

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An innovative look at the works of Salman Rushdie.Weiterlesen…

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"Stranger Gods is an extraordinary book that will make a substantial contribution to Rushdie studies. What I particularly admire is the elegance and insight of its detailed readings of Rushdie's first four novels. I was astonished at the originality of these readings. No other book takes up the topic of Rushdie's 'otherworldly' allusions with anything like the depth, breadth, and rigour of this one. It sets a new standard for engagement with Rushdie's eclectic cosmologies, in the face of which many critics simply throw up their hands and reach for the more accessible political themes." John Clement Ball, Department of English, University of New BrunswickWeiterlesen…